Consequently, even though it is one of the closest stars to Earth, such that its light takes only six years to get here, it is too faint to be seen with the naked eye. Now, four small planets have been found orbiting the star.

Star is a small, dim red dwarf star located in the constellation Ophiuchus. It’s distance was first measured by the astronomer E.E. Barnard in 1916 and has the highest proper motion of any known star,

Illustration of Barnard's Star as seen from the surface of one of its planets. (Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Proctor/J. Pollard)